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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Broccoli Soup

I had had a Broccoli soup in a European restaurant in Bangalore and had loved it with the flavors of Italian herbs complimenting the broccoli. Wanted to recreate that when i found some fresh Broccoli here and this is what it is.... It was pretty close to the original, sans the extra salt that i had added first time! Next time on, it came out pretty well, with the right salt.

A simple, easy to make soup, to compliment some bread for a light
dinner… Just cooking for two of us now, I prefer to do some simple stuff on
some days and an elaborate meal on others!

It is pretty cool here, for me who came from a tropical climate, though
it is summer now. I wonder how it will be in actual winter! Summer or winter,
soups are making a regular appearance in my menu these days, and this is one such.

Broccoli
Soup

Preparation
time : 5 min

Cooking
time : 15
min

Serves : 4 -5

Ingredients:

Broccoli – 1 cup, chopped

Butter - 1 tsp

Black pepper powder - 1 tsp

Salt - ½ tsp or
as per taste - go easy on this

Water - 2 cups,
change acc to consistency

Corn flour - 2 tsp

Milk - ¼ cup

Fresh cream - 1 Tbsp
(optional)

Thyme – ½ tsp / or any other herb of your choice

Method:

Clean
and chop Broccoli into large chunks

Heat
butter in a pan and add chopped broccoli

Add
water and bring to boil and cook till they are cooked soft

Let
it cool for a few minutes

Puree
it adding the water used for cooking the broccoli if necessary, to make a
fine paste

Strain
the puree to the same pan

Add
salt and thyme and let it boil for 2-3 minutes.

Mix
corn flour with half a cup of cold milk/water without lumps and add it to
the boiling soup

Add
enough water so that a right consistency of soup is maintained – neither
too thick nor too thin